| M. | Bazin | A photographer. |
| Mlle | Boverat | M. Chastain's assistant. |
| Mrs. | Brown | An industrialist's widow. |
| M. | Chastain | A publisher in Paris. |
| Bing | Crosby | American singer. |
| M. | Devaux | The village postmaster. |
| Madame | Devaux | M. Devaux's wife. |
| Minou | Drouet | Became a poet at the age of eight. |
| Mrs. | Fisher | A cook. |
| Mrs. | Flask | A hairdresser. |
| Jules | Gagnon | A shoe factory worker. |
| Miss | Griffin | A dance teacher. |
| Mrs. | Kopp | A music teacher. |
| M. | Lambert | A photographer. |
| M. | Laure | The new postmaster. |
| Archie | Lewis | Jamaican singer. |
| Madame | Loisel | A headmistress. |
| Fabienne | Martin | Agnes' closest friend. |
| M. | Meinen | A police officer. |
| Agnes | Moreau | The protagonist. |
| M. | Perret | M. Devaux's friend. |
| Francoise | Sagan | A very young girl who became famous in literary history. |
| Joseph | Stalin | Former Premiere of the Soviet Union. |
| Mr. | Thorpe | A publisher in UK. |
| Antonia | Townsend | The headmistress of Woodsway and Agnes' legal counsel. |
| Mr. | Townsend | Mrs. Antonia Townsend's husband. |
| Miss | West | Mr. Thorpe's deputy. |
| Ajax | | One of Mrs. Townsend's dogs. |
| Anne | | One of Agnes' classmates. |
| Berthe | | One of Agnes' classmates. |
| Bianca | | One of Fabienne's cows. |
| Bobby | | Joline's American sweetheart. |
| Catalina | | One of Agnes' schoolmates at Woodsway. |
| Clara | | Mrs. Fisher's assistant. |
| Earl | | Agnes' husband. |
| Esse | | One of the maids. |
| Etienne | | One of Fabienne's acquaintances. |
| Fleur | | A goat. |
| Francois | | Joline's little dead baby. aka: Oscar. |
| Gaston | | Fabienne's father. |
| Genevieve | | One of Agnes' classmates. |
| Gillian | | One of Agnes' classmates. |
| Gisele | | Agnes' eldest sister. |
| Helen | | One of Agnes' schoolmates at Woodsway. |
| Helene | | Agnes' pig. |
| Jacques | | Fabienne's alias. |
| Jean | | Agnes' brother. |
| Joline | | Fabienne's older sister. |
| Josephine | | Fabienne's acquaintance. |
| Kazumi | | Antonia Townsend's Japanese name. |
| Lois | | Agnes' sister-in-law. |
| Louisa | | Fabienne's acquaintance. |
| Marcella | | One of Agnes' sisters. |
| Margareta | | One of Agnes' schoolmates at Woodsway. |
| Marie | | Agnes' former classmate. |
| Meaker | | A chauffeur and a gardener at Woodsway. |
| Millie | | One of Fabienne's cows. |
| Pascal | | One of Agnes' geese. |
| Paul | | One of Fabienne's acquaintances. |
| Phillipa | | One of Agnes' schoolmates. |
| Pierre | | Louisa's son. |
| Rose | | One of Agnes' schoolmates at Woodsway. |
| Rosemary | | One of Agnes' sisters. |
| Wilfred | | Meaker's good friend. |
| Willow | | One of Mrs. Townsend's dogs. |
